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Florida Has High Speed Rail and California Never Will
the high speed brightline train now connects miami and orlando, but california still has not laid a single mile of rail. what's the difference between…
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River Page
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An Inconvenient Truth
pirate wires #106 // apple's plan for carbon "neutrality," the distinction between environmentalism and combatting global warming, breaking up with the…
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State of the Union
pirate wires #101 // in celebration of the pirate wires anniversary; a brief history, and the future of media
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Mike Solana
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Testocalypse
is our species in danger of facing a historical fertility crisis, or are western men just insecure about their masculinity?
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Jordan Castro
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Dean Preston: San Francisco's Millionaire Marxist
the card carrying dsa sf politician also happens to be a millionaire who refuses to allow more housing in the city
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Sanjana Friedman
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The Sugar Babies of Stanford University
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Operation Choke Point 2.0 Is Underway, And Crypto Is In Its Crosshairs
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Twitter's Final Boss: Zuckerberg Wages War
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Open Borders for Thee, Not for Me
biden's potential "remain in texas" policy for migrants puts the crisis out of sight, out of mind for his progressive voter bloc — just as they like it
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Rage Against the Wooden Man
pirate wires #105 // the internet made up a group of people at a version of burning man that doesn't exist, then celebrated a catastrophe that didn't…
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CA Senate Appropriations Approves Ban on Self-Driving Trucks for the Rest of Decade
the committee approved ab 316, sending it back to the senate floor, and if the senate passes it, all that's left is for governor newsom to sign the bill…
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Sanjana Friedman
Doom Loop
pirate wires #104 // looking back on proposition c, tech's san francisco turning point, "doom loop" analysis, a well-paved path to eternal homelessness…
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The Costs Of Europe's GDPR Regime
the eu's approach to regulating tech discourages both innovation and competition — and now brussels has its targets set on ai
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Brian Chau
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China’s U.S. Stamp Tax, Scammers Take America
chinese postage fraudsters are stealing the identities of american businesses, ripping off consumers, and costing the postal service millions
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Peter Thiel: The Diversity Myth, A Retrospective
my interview with peter thiel, and reflections on ‘the diversity myth’ thirty years later; stagnation, from science and economics to faith and politics…
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Mike Solana
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San Francisco's Homeless Ticking Time Bomb
the majority of the city's homelessness budget goes to keeping people in no-contingency housing units, permanently. what happens when the city can't pay…
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Sanjana Friedman
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Miami's Red Mirage
what does miami's unique brand of conservatism mean for the future of the american GOP?
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Alex Perez
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